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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1971
Huron Adopts
County Pian.
For Welfare
(continued from page 1)
"We are here to represent
50, 000 people, " said reeve Car-
roll, "not only those people in
our municipality. We should be
striving for a uniform social serv-
ice equal to our surpassing the
provincial standard for our
people."
"Let's try to keep cost down as
much as possible, " retorted Allan
Campbell. I'm not afraid to bet
that in three years time we will
be understaffed in the county
welfare department and the costs
could be $60, 000 or o$65, 000.
Our revenue on the farm is not
very big. Gentlemen, let's keep
the costs to the taxpayers down
to a minimum."
"I agree with the Reeve of
Goderich, " stated Derry Boyle,
Exeter reeve. "We're here for
the whole county. If we're riot,
we might as well stay at home
and look after our own municip-
alities."
The reeve from Grey, Charles
Thomas, noted he was in favor
of the county welfare plan in
principal but he was not satisfied,
he siad, with the taxing system.
"Paying on an assessment basis
it is almost guaranteed we'd spen4
more than our share in Grey, "
stated Thomas. "I'd like to vote
in favor of county welfare if it
didn't put us at a disadvantage
because of the taxing system. I
would like to see it pre -rated on
population basis. "
Reeve Gordon Hess, of Zurich,
who chairs the executive com-
mitte which brought in the rec-
ommendation for the county wel-
fare system, noted that many
areas of taxation are unfair and
it points up the need for tax ref-
orm.
"But it is unfair to use tax in-
equities as a crutch to lean on
when making a decision on county
welfare, " stated Hess. He added
that he would be pleased to enter
a motion at the session that
council set up a committee to
study tax reform in the county
with an eye to inequities between
urban and rural dwellers.
Hess said the county welfare
program for Huron had been dis-
cussed for three years.
"I don't think anything has had
harder work over than this thing
has had, " said Hess. "And there
is onething I want to make very
>alear. The provincial welfare act
is there whether we approve of it
or not. We cannot change it."
Norman Porter, the director of
Welfare for the Bruce County
Welfare program siad that people
were well aware of their rights
these days,. He said televison
carries all kinds of programs ad -
vertising welfare and people are
becoming very knowledgable
concerning all facets of the
program in Ontario.
He said his department in Bruce
has been achieving results in
their bid to retrain and re-employ
welfare recipients. Porter noted
that sometimes welfare recipients
are moved from one area of the
county to another where there is
suitable employment to be found.
"Figures showed, " said Porter,
"that while welfare payments
were on the increase in the first
year, it now appears they are
dropping."
"In April this year, " added
Porter, "we will be issuing less
welfare than we did last year for
April."
Porter made no comment on
Reeve Bill Elston's statement
that one Bruce County reeve had
told him that welfare in Bruce is
,now more expensive, that people
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